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Oct 19, 2020, 08:07 PM
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Member Since: Oct 2004
Location: Kentucky, USA
Posts: 25,085
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Originally Posted by 128J
You seem like one interesting individual who understands hard work and dedication, thank you for sharing your past occupations and schooling. I often get stuck behind all the details, for instance in my art there is no real shapes or structures, just another line I have added to the previous line, when making games I never actually finish them because I keep working on fine details and unnecessary mechanics to make it function more realistically or how I desire it to. I have been known to make tools to fix things, like working on my skateboard, I have made tools out of tape and bolts before, I make my own paintbrushes a lot when drawing on rocks with my finger paint. I would love to hear more about your views on the mind and I envy your ability to see the bigger picture and maybe we can share our insight on creation to fit function.
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In my career, we got specifications from the military we designed from. For me, flow charting always worked best as my initial means of design because if I got stuck in one area I could leave it open & work through another logic path until the solution came to me or I had time to talk it through with the other engineers. I did spend more time on design than other engineers but in the long run I spent less debug time. However there is always the leaning to spend time in design over & over & not get to implementation.....so the line has to be drawn & more design can happen in the implementation phase but just enough to fix issues that become obvious. Having the specification makes one start with the big picture.
Yes, I struggled with calculus because I got bogged down in details & never really understood the concepts that were really key to that type of math. I got by BUT I just got by in that year of calculus.
My art is always taking a picture or a photo I have taken & drawing or painting it similar to the photo. I deal mostly in realism painting though I have designed & painted woodland creature art that is not based on any photos. I actually love taking existing art & trying to copy it because it does teach me how to work with perspective & shading so I can apply it to other works of art I attempt.
Owning my own farm I have learned basic plumbing skills, I do all the maintenance & repairs I have tools for on my lawn tractor. Basic woodworking, basic electrical. Basic repairs on my truck. Have some work around here I need professionals to do & sometimes it takes me forever to get things done until they become a top priority because of all the work it takes around here. My horse is at the neighboring farm's barn & have done a few maintenance things around there that became a priority too. I also do basic vet care when I need to in order to avoid huge vet bills. I have wild raccoons & possum that come for food. They know who cares for them.
I always start with the "what needs to be accomplished" then I go into the how design keeping the WHAT as my focus
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